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CLOSEON FORT Japanese Steadily Advancing at Port Arthur. SEVERAL POSITIONS TAKEN Togo Will Withdraw Most or Squad. run as Enemy's Ships arc AN most Incapable of Resistance. Cbefoo, Sept. 30. The newa received from Pott Arthur continues to show steady, II slow advance of the Japanese upon the Russian fortifications. Day by day the remoter positions of tho bo leaguered fortress are Win)? takon by the Japanese, and that its fait is only a matter of a short time is the general belief here. The number of Chinese refugees arriving here increases con stantly, and this it taken to bode no good for the Italians. The last of the Chinese to arrive from Port Arthur report a still further advance by the Japanese. They assert that several of the most important po sitions held by the Russians, farthest from the central fortress have been taken by the Japanese, the latter in flicting considerable losa upon the Rus sians. The Japanese had tunneled ap proaches to theeo positions and Anally, with the help of mines, made their way within the fortifications. The Russians were taken by surprise and were able to offer little resistance. Finding they were unable to hold their own against the Japanese tho Russian retreated, leaving their dead and wound ed behind them. When the Japanese attack wat dis cerned by the o her Russian forts they at once opened Are, and at Jast ac counts this was still being maintained. It is considered doubtful whether the Japanese will be able to retain posses sion of their newly acquired positions. The greater portion of the Japanese fleet has returned to the Japanese base in the Eliot islands, the Japanese com mander having become convinced that the Russian vessels within the harbor of Port Arthur are almost incapable of further resistance and of making any sortie into the open sea. LAND fRAUDS ALL RUN DOWN. Agent Greene Is Sure Oregon Cases Will Result In Conviction. Washington, Sept. 30. Special Agent A. R. Greene, who has been Sec retary Hitchcock's trusted lieutenant in running down land frauds in Ore gon, is in Washington, conferring with the secretary. Discussing Oregon's affairs, Mr. Greene said: "We believe we have finished np that land fraud business in Oregon. We have the men reeposible held under indictment and it is a safe prediction that there will be some hot newa out of Portland within the next month or two, when the trials commence." After describing the methods of the fraudulent operators, Mr. Greene add ed: The usual thing happened. One member of the gang did not think he was getting his fair share of the profits and gave the thing away. ACT Or VANDALS. Oil Paintings of Czar at St. Louis arc Mutilated. St. Louis, Sept. 30. When the Rus eian exhibit in the varied industries building at the world's fair was op ened today it was discovered that bev eral valuable oil paintings of Emper or Nicholas had been torn from the wall and mutilated by some unidenti fied person or persons. Another portrait of the emperor, a hsndtome and valuable panel, done in colored silk, bad been torn from its support and subjected to the greatest indignity. The oil paintings were torn and there were marks showing that the pictures of the emperor had been stamped upon. The vandalism was reported at once to the exposition authontites, and an investigation ordered. Every effort la being made by both tne exhibitors and the world's fair authorities to dis cover the guilty person or persons. Officer Is Assassinated. Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. 30. Word baa been received here that Col onel Dikotf, commander of the Russian guard on the Turkish frontier, has been assassinated. Colonel Rikoff recently helped the Tturka in an attack upon Armenian revolutionists, in which an Armenian piieat, bearing a white flair. was killed as he approached tho Turk ish troops. Follnwng the attack upon the Armenians, Colonel Illkoff permit ted tho Cossacks, who had Joined the Turks to pilage and mutilate tho corpses of the Armenians. Japan to Borrow Again. Tokio, Sept, 30. Tho government has decided to float another domestic loan of $40,000,000, ou conditions sim ilar to tho last. It is probable that the conscription law will be amended, increasing the service in the reserve five years, aniLrnaklng the regular re serve service total 17 yeara and five months. This means a large increase in the strength of tho army. tits Lire CNDS. United States Senator Hoar Passes Prom Earth. Worcester, Mass., Oct. I. George Friable Hoar, senior United States senator from Massachusetts, died nt his homo in this city at 1:35 o'clock yesterday morning. The end followed a period of unconsciousness that had lasted since early Tuesday, and came so gently that only the attending phy sicians were nwaie of the exact moment of his ending. Tho attendng physicians despaired of the senator's l.'fe six weeks ago, but such was the vitality exhibited by their distinguished patient that even they were surprised, and tho public was at times led to cherish faith in an ulti mate recovery. On Sunday last, however, all hopo was abndened after a last unsuccessful attempt to administer medicine and nourishment. Uriel lucid Intervals were followed by longer durations of unconsciousness until Tuesday morning, when tho venerable statesman sank into a state of coma, from which all efforts to rouse him proved futile. During the last hours there was not a move ment of the body, ami only a scarcely pcrceptiblo pulse evidenced the final struggle. There were present at the U-dsIde when death came the senator's son, Rockwood Hoar, bis daugther, Mary Hoar, and I). Warren K. Oilman, who for weeks has been in almost constant attendance upon the senior. PAYNE VERY ILL. Heart Disease Develops In Marked form In Postmaster. Washington, Oct. 1. Postmaster General Henry C. Payne is seriously ill at his apartments at the Hotel Arlington here. Marked symptoms of neart trouble nave developed, ami his condition becane so serious during the day as to cause grave concern. Mr. Payne returned recently from a trip to the West and appeared much improved, though his bialth hat been poor for a long time. He went to the White House to attend the meeting ol the cabinet last Tuesday and that night was very restless. He was at his desk at the poatoflice department during the forenoon yesterday, although feeling very badly, and did not return to the department after luncheon, remaining in his room. He became very ill latt night, and has been confined to his bed ever since. Dr. Magrudei, who was his physician during his severe illness ot some months ago, has been attending him, and Dr. Rixet , the surgeon general of the navy, also has been called. During the evening Pres.dent and Mrs. Rooso- velt railed at the hotel and made in quiries regarding the postmaster gen eral's condition. Dr. Magruder on leaving Mr. Payne's room later tonight gave out a statement which admitted the serious nature ot Mr. Payne's con dition, but said the patient wat resting easier then. STUDENTS 00 ON STRIKE. Chicago School Children Wrongly Believe Negress Is to Teach. Chkago, Sept. 30. Fifty boy pickets stationed a boot the McAllister wiblle school here prevented pupils from en tering today None of the pieketa was more than IS years old. Oatside the picket cordon, a crowd of 700 boys and girls hoot.! ami yelled at the teachers looking from windows. Every infant striker wore a badge to show that he or she bolongd to a "union." Some of the badges were merely scraps of paper with the word "union" scrawlrd arrows it. Others wore union buttons which their father had worn. Many of the striker car ried clubs. Thev threatened violence against any child daring. to enter the school yard. The picketing was the result of a "strike" which was caused by a mis taken belief of the children that an as sit'ant kindergarten teacher wat colored. After a detail of six policemen had been sent to the school to preserve or der, the "strike" was "settled." A committee appointed by tho youthful strikers learned that the rumor of a coloied teacher having been employed in the school was false. About 80 per cent of the striker went back to their classes. Truant officers began a search for the absentees. Would Try to Reach Arctic. Christiana, Norway, Oct. 1. The Duke of Orleans has at-ked permission of the government to have the Arctic steamer rrarn, in which Dr. Nansen made his voyage to the Arctic regions, lor me purport ot an arctic expedition in 1005. It is understood that the ad miralty will require that the Captain Otto Sverdiup, the former commander of the From, shall command the veetel, if the goemment agrees to the propo sition of the duku. The plan of the expedition has been submitted lor the approval of the authorities. Wills City 4250,000. Boston, Oct. 1. Public bequests ag gregating over f 1,000,000, the largest being a gift of f 250,000 to the 'lily of New Bedford, are contained in the will of the late Mrs. Sarah Potter, of Ron ton, which was filed for probate this afternoon. ARE AGITATED Continued Discussion of pino Is Harmful. Pill- REVOLUTION DEING PREACHED Speeches or Anils arc Made Tcxla for ricry Editorials Report of General Wright. Washington, Sept. 28. President Rotevelt is in leceipt of a letter from Luke K. Wright, governor ol the Phil ippines, in which tho governor discuss es frankly some ot tho conditions which ho encountered In directing the govern merit of the islands. Under date of August 16, General Wright wroto in l rt as follows: "Tho effect of tho continued dircits sion of the capability ot tho Filipino for self government Is having its effect here, and makes our task more dllllcult thau it otherwise would Ih. Unless a man is equipped with intelligence nml those qualities which make for good citlienship, the more easily can he W persuaded that he it the possessor of all these qualities. Theinj iieople have their full share of retklesa. half-formed characters who are ready for intrigue in any direction which promise them protlt or power. It Is this class which has largely given force and direction to tho Aglipayan movement, and has recruited its ranks from the Ignorant and dangerous elements. "In this general connection, I may say to you as a matter of information that the agitation in the United Stales for Filipino indet ondence, and the spoken and written utterances of prom inent men who are urging It, are all brought here and pubished In the native newspapers and are being made the text for editorials inaisting that the Filipinos are now ready to bccoui an independent nation. "The effect of all this is distinctly injurious. Its tendency Is to renew the tho Influence of old Insurrection leaders and make them active In preach ing the old propaganda. This, in turn, has the elTect of demorallting and weakening thn more conservative and thoughtful Hlipino, who fear If they speak out as they really think thev would bo considered the enemies of their jwopleand loo thrirprrstlge with them. Tlw-e of the nioie prominent and best educated class, ami who, nat urally, have the r ambitions, are in clined to Join in the general cry." UNIONS TEAR WAR. Large Plants arc Adopting "Open Shop" Policy. Chicago, Sept. 2S. The opening ol the plants of the International liar tetter cosapany and the Pullman com pany on the "open shop" basis, free from labor anion regulations, has alarmed Obispo labor Iradrrs. The fact that ,000 union Men will ingly returned to work for the big har vester company, antler the new condi tions, is admitted t presage dlsraption of tbeii unions. Fear it expreed that the recent de feats of labor anions, and the reduc tions obtained in wages, may be fol lowed by many other large eoocerns. Tlt a giave crisis it fell in labor nnin affairs seems to b certain frow the failure of the slo kyardt, the ma chinist and the garment workers strikes. All theee walkout hate re sulted disastrously for the union men and women. In addition to this, the following com pa ni rt have reduced their wage scale am! ettablithed the open shop : Inland Steel company, Illinois bteel company, topublle Iron ft bteel com pany, and concerns in the Chicago Metal Trades association. A(tr being closetl down since September 1ft, the rat shops ol the Pullanin company re-open-d with a force of 2,000 men, out of a total of 7,000, who agreed to an eept a cut of 10 to 20 per cent in theii pay. The union leaders are Inclined to lay the blame on "lack of proper brganiaa-tion,"-and government officials for fos tering the policy of thn "open shop" by their action in the ease of employes of the government printing bureau. Race Riot In Mississippi. Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 28. Two negroes were killed and three fatally injured in a race riot near Lynchburg, Miss., 16 miles south of Memphis to day. The shooting took place on the plantation of J. J. Johnton, who with his sons and two friends, went Into a field to gather a load of corn. Ai the white men were driving their wagon from the field a fusillade from a party of blacks met them. Tho fire was re turned, with the result that two ne groes were killed outright and three were fatally shot. Winter May End righting. Mukden, Sept. 28, Doubts aro bo ginning to be felt a to whether it will be poes'ble to continue tho campaign through tho winter, which begins in November. The Chinese hate been unable to harvest their crops, and there probably.wlll be much distiess, as it Is very difficult to bring up stores from China or the native population. IlLOCKAIiU TIGHTENING. Absence of News from Port Arthur Alarms the Slavs. St. Petersburg, Sept. ill). Tho entire absence of new from Port Arthur, It Is feared, Indicate a closer blockade there. Hitherto, dispatches from General Btoeseol hao been coining through toml-weealy. Tho admiralty has not received any details of the re ported sea light off Aiilva, at the south eattern cxtiumlty of Sahalln. Tho Vladivostok aquadiou, It It iiudoiatood, It still In the harbor. The cannonad ing at Anlva was probably a Japanese attack on blockade runners. A telegram received hero from Rat ouui repotting that reserve aie being transported along thn Caucasian coast brings the llrtt Intimation that troop are being mobilised there. There are only two army corps In tho Caucasus, and one of them hat apparently been ordered to tho Fai Katt. Prime Sviatopolk-Mlrsky was re ceived in audience yesterday by the emperor. The primo will assume rharito ot the ministry of the Interior today. The latest developments In tho situ ation at the front I the drllnltn estab lishment of the fart that Field Marshal Oyama has now- legun to move up his It-It . General Kuropatkln's rcHirt shows tliat the Jaaties hate leached Davan, on thn et bank of the I.lso liter. A considerable concentration of Japanese It oborned at Slanchatl, on the Hun river. H& milrt southwest of Mukden, and Japanese cavalry it mass ing in the vicinity of the Pu river. The lattnr ta a tributary ot the linn river, which cream- tho line of railway midway Iwtwcen Tie pass and Mukdm, and may furnish a natural line of ad vance fiom the wnst. Oyama's armle now apparently cov er a front of 00 mite (or enveloping movement. His wing are extended to the northeast and west of Mukden. Thus far the Russians have found little strength of pressure from the Janr renter. Ojatna seems to Ut moving with great dellbeiatlon, probably gath ering strength for a rapid advance of loth wings when an attempt Is made to close the net. Although the Imaginary line connect ' ing the extreme Jpaiii advance and writ of Mukden still pa- trii mile below that city, It Is evidt-nt that the fate of Mukden cannot long be dclayrd. If (ieneral Kuropalkin intends to try to hold the city lighting on hi (lank will begin almost Immvdlalely. ALEXIEfT TO COME HOME. Ills Position Will Dc That of An Advisor to the Emperor. St. Petersburg, Sept. 29. Although an official announcement to the effect Is not expected Immediately, since it will require some little tlnxitogrt Rut sla's M-oond army In the field, the des ignation of Grand Dnke Nicholas Nlcholaeviteh, the Inspector general of cavalry, as commander In chief Is re garded as practically settled. The sit uation at the front, with two, and jmr- hap ultimately three, big armies, Is considered to demand, above all else, that the supreme commander m of such eronal authority a to Le be yond Jealousies ami the poihllity of Intrigue on fie part of subordinates, am) such a man the emperor now rra lite can only ho supplied by a member of the Imperial family. Grand Duke Nicholas I regarded a extremely well flttrd for till great rrorislbllily. Grand Duke Nicholas will not rely upon a single advist-r, hut on a staff comprising the ablrst strategists of tho gt-neral staff, who in reality will oon stiuto a board ot direction ot military operations. Viceroy Alexieff is regarded as al most c i tain to return here. The re port that he may become chancellor of the empire, however, is exploded. He is more likely to retain hi tltlo and come to St. Petersburg, nominally In the capacity of advinir to the emtwrnr, and will thus efface hlmrelf as n factor of the military situation in tho Far Kast. Attempt to Ruin Warships. New York, Sept. 20. With tho In tentlon of ruining the hull of the battle ship Connecticut, which will lie launched today, an obstruction was placet! on tho ways. When It was placed there, or hy whom Is not known, aa It was not discovered until diver were sent down to make nn In vestigation. This Investigation uus made as a matter of precaution ami tho natal otllcer then learned that an oh. nt ruction had been placed on the way that would havo destroyed the work of months. Torpedoboat Lost. London, Sept. 20. Tho llritlth tor ledo boat destroyer Chamois has been lost off the Is la lid of Cephalonla, in the Mediterranean. All on board were laved. While going at full speed on n trial yesterday, a screw blado en mo off. pierced tho botton of tho destroyer and I the tank. HORROR AWpilll Nine Ohio School oirl.s J! nn.uiv.ti in vuillf, SCORE OTHERS NARROW ES Were Precipitated Into Cesspool J ipse of rioor-llcsiucrs .,.! Collapse Mtrs ii.i Overcome by the rotil (j Cincinnati, Sept. 2(1. At Iroit brtltiwtl trlrla urnrit allR . ut.. I...I .. -v.. ....- .......,.., , ( , today dining (he afternoon rrcn. I Pleasant Itldgn pulillo school hou A nn mtirn in uwiors narrowly (.., llio same horrible death, aii oi mo victims wore from u, military vrsdr. On im.iUi.h..h the spacious grounds In the rear ol u s ii (in rim n school building are two . houses. At recess, a Unit so 1ai gill were In the outhouse atoned J lliein, wiien tliti Uoor gave my ij cipiiBiinK mom in llm stoim will J oeMHMii, is iret deep, and conltli four fret of snwage. The fiantlc struggle of thbre tt were on lop kept at least nliio urx,(. iicain iiuiii uiey wrro dead y, frame shed over tho onwer wis aUm' 20 feel iqusin, without windows, ) j nan oniy one narrow doorway. On Km in uio pariy escaped falling kU ran Into the school building and 141 the Iracher what had happed. Principal T. I.. Zimmerman ami ro female trachei ran to the rrcut. Mr, Zimmerman cured a ladder, on whlcb 1.. .1 11 .1-1- inu uiruciitoi Kmi ClimiWHI IMII, rKl of them fainting a soon as ttr rrached the surface, overcome by hlU ami sewar gas. I lie traelier were soon lelnfomd j by the entire population of tht t tub, the police ami fire departmeau I rendering effective service. Principal Zimmerman finally falnttd. Then other lifted out drat! Utiles bb. til the death kwI was clraird. TIioh rescued alive prrtontrd such an apprti- awe a to make many In the crowd tf rpectatoi faint. Jame Smith, agrd 14, a pnpll, climbed to the roof of the school hour ami got the lltg which wat mde into a ropo that rc-ncued several. John fitrlnkamp, when hi daughter was not among those brought out alltr, entered the vault and carried out set eral Unlles, among thcrn that of hit daughter. Thrn he fainted. At tht same lime them were other rent Id the crowd who fainted when II wt announced that all at the living had l-en resounl, ami their chlldien wets stlil among the missing. CHINA HAS APOLOatZEO. Reparation Made for Attach on the Guard at Pehln. Paris, H.pt. 2fl, The foreign ollko lis received a leport from the French minister at Pekln saying that China has given the most complete po!y ami reparation for tho attack ol Chi nese soldier at IVkln iiiii Captain Uall, nf the French legation guard, on Monday last The captain was In sulted nml strurk with a stick, but he was not seriously hurt. The 1-rrnch minister energetically proleMcd to tho general commanding the Chinese, who wrote the minister an abject apology while thn Chliiee captain commanding the asnaiiltlng soldier made a personal aimtogy to Captain Urlbe, The Chine general condemned the five ringleader to punishment onlv ono degree short of death. Owlnir to tlin action of tho general, the olllclaU hero do not consider that this Incident and the assault on the Ilallnn soldiers Hep (ember 16 indicate another general anti-foreign movement. Therefore tho reparations havo been accepted am! the incident Is closed, Pier Gives Way. Vlnlla, I.T., Sept. 20. The eatt pier of a steel toll bridge Imlng erected over Grand ilvvr nt Carey' terry, (en mile cast of Alton, fell at noon kill ing three men, fatally Inliirlmr threo and Injuring 21 others, somo of whom suffered broken limbs. All the sur geon in Grove and Alton were sum mon ml. A iiiesMingcr from tho accno slate that 100 men were nt work at the time, and the pier collapsed with out warning, owing to tho faulty con struction of the foundation, not going down to bedrock. Telephone In Plucc of Telegraph. Chicago, Sept. 20. A rapidly n a the change can lie brought about tho management of tho llnrllngton system Iihs determined to substituto tho tolo phono for the telegraph in dispatching nud operating both passenger and fralght tialns, Tho announcement waa made today alter the conclusion of com pteheiislvo testa that have been In pro- Kress for several years on vailous nsrta of tho system.